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Week 9
May 9, 2023 1:08:30 GMT
Post by tomlory on May 9, 2023 1:08:30 GMT
Looks like FF Weekend Warriors @ Oulton Park, Skip Barber @ Nurburgring Combined, Sim Lab PCC @ Summit Point and maybe Global Fanatec Challenge @ Nurburgring GP for me this week.
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Week 9
May 15, 2023 13:49:30 GMT
Post by tomlory on May 15, 2023 13:49:30 GMT
Busy week including a transaxle swap (input shaft bearing failure) and power steering delete (leaking rack 1000+ psi operating pressure) on my Civic EJ1 so only minimal sim practice before any of the races.
Had some light, inconsequential contact twice scored as 4X each during the WW FF1600 race which meant that four dropped wheels put me at 11X, one away from a drive-thru or stop-and-go penalty for about the last 1/4 of the race so that was harder than it had to be. "They" also moved my pit stall for the race to much closer to the pit entrance and I overshot by a little costing me a few seconds and on the last lap, I slowed to a crawl for a Lory Electric Racing photo op at start finish only to have Coffey obliviously pass me at race speed. I had to watch the replay to be relieved that I got to the finish line first.
Sim Lab was a close race for 5 or 6 laps. 3 or 4 laps of practice contributed to a poor qualifying and I found myself fighting to take over P3 with the driver ahead wisely defending at T1 until he went too deep and I was able to over-under and get away. I matched P2's pace but couldn't close the gap. Net Code at the beginning of the race resulted in a 4X so I lost SR for the first time in weeks if not months.
Weekend Warriors will be at Brands Hatch in two weeks. It's unlikely that I'll be going anywhere so I'll probably buy the track. iRacing pays us immediately for Race Participation so I went ahead did a couple of laps of practice and the detached qualifying for Skip Barber F2000 hoping for a full split sometime Sunday evening which would get me to 8 rounds. That worked out great with 20 entries of 20 max. Unfortunately, I contributed to ruining someone's race and costing us what might have been a close race. On lap one, three of us were side by side, nose to tail and swapping positions on the super long straight near the end of the lap. I was slightly ahead of the other two cars when we got to the corner that we have to slow down for and intended to leave room without conceding the position but we tangled and Mark Roberts got bumped off onto the grass and hit the Armco. Watching the replay, I could have given him more room but he could have done the same so 50/50 race incident in my eyes but I PM'ed an apology. Sorry Mark! A4.99 is apparently a high standard as the resultant 2X reduced my SR gain to only +0.01 for 3 laps plus 8 minutes of the combined Nords layout.
I ended the week A4.98 x 2783
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